Where does “sōt” come from?
sōt (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *sōt, from Proto-Germanic sōtą, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.
Ancestry of “sōt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *sōt | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sōtą | soot |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | — |